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" THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. "
An American Bible - Page 83
edited by - 1918 - 372 pages
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Junius Unmasked; Or Thomas Pain, the Author of the Letters of Junius, and ...

Joel Moody - 1872 - 332 pages
...army as a soldier, but has found time to write. It is his first crisis, and it runs ,thus : " These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...not easily conquered, yet we have this consolation left with us, that the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph." He produces one of his most...
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The American Historical Record, Volume 1

Benson John Lossing - 1872 - 638 pages
...used those words. (3.) Thomas Paine opened the second No. of "The Crisis," with these words: "THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS. The summer soldier...his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the thanks of man and woman." (4.) At the close of a speech in the House of Representatives on the I9th...
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Junius Unmasked; Or Thomas Pain, the Author of the Letters of Junius, and ...

Joel Moody - 1872 - 332 pages
...thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered, yet we have this consolation left with us, that the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph." He produces one of his most masterly pieces. He appeals to Heaven, and prays for some Jersey maid,...
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The Legends of the American Revolution "1776.": Or, Washington and His ...

George Lippard - 1876 - 544 pages
...hope, what energy, gleams over those veteran faces, as words like these ' break on their ears : "These are the times that try men's souls! The summer soldier...will in this CRISIS, shrink from the service of his conntry ; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny like hell,...
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Blanche of Brandywine: Or, September the Eighth to Eleventh, 1777. A Romance ...

George Lippard - 1876 - 364 pages
...pamphlet, which he spread open on his knees. Then in a drawling voice he read these words : " These arc the times that try men's souls. " The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, dhrink from the service of his country ; but he that stands it now, deserves the thanks of man and...
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Sociology: Or, The Reconstruction of Society, Government, and Property, Upon ...

Lewis Masquerier - 1877 - 320 pages
...author appeared with another number of the "Crisis." It commenced with that immortal passage : " These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of men and women." The effect of this last number was marvelous. It was read to the companies of soldiers,...
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Unity Pulpit, Volume 4

1882 - 638 pages
...her warning to depart. Oh, receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind." " These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph." " A generous parent should say, ' If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may...
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The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: The Age of Reason, Examination of ...

Thomas Paine - 1879 - 474 pages
...glorious cause they had espoused were called together, these words broke forth upon them : " These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier...harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." "These are the times that try men's souls," was the watchword at the battle of Trenton, and Washington...
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The Gods, and Other Lectures

Robert Green Ingersoll - 1879 - 272 pages
...pillar of fire by night, leading the way to freedom, "honor, and glory. He shouted to them, " These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier,...now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." To those who wished to put the war off to some future day, with a lofty and touching spirit of self-sacrifice...
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American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: Emerson

Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 pages
...grandmother must often have been heard and used by her. They begin the first number of The Crisis: "These are the times that try men's souls: the summer soldier...Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." 3. The terms Whig and Tory were applied to the two parties in England who represented, respectively,...
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